# Pluto [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [POGGINI, Domenico]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Bronze ## Commentary In 1570 eight bronzes were commissioned for <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/v/vasari/1/19studi1.html'\)" href="/html/v/vasari/1/19studi1.html">Francesco's studiolo</a> in Palazzo Vecchio. Domenico's signed Pluto, made between February 1572 and July 1573, was one of these. It reflects an influence from the circle of Bartolomeo Ammanati, especially in the attempt to capture movement. Like the other works for the studiolo, especially <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/giambolo/1/30giambo.html'\)" href="/html/g/giambolo/1/30giambo.html">Giambologna's Apollo,</a> it is an attempt at the conventional <i>figura serpentinata</i> but is designed essentially for a single viewpoint. ## Related artworks - [Bacchus]() - [Bust of Francesco I de' Medici]() - [Lex]() - [Medal of Bindo Altoviti]() - [Medal of Cosimo I de'Medici \(obverse\)]() - [Medal of Cosimo I de'Medici]() - [Medal of Cosimo I de'Medici \(reverse\)]() - [Medal of Lodovico Domenichi]() - [Medal of Sixtus V \(obverse\)]() - [Medal of Sixtus V]() - [Medal of Sixtus V \(reverse\)]() - [St Peter]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()